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Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager Connector

This connector imports information on devices from Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (MS SCCM) int Alvao.

Technical requirements​

Installation​

  1. Install and set up the Asset Management Collector service.
  2. Set up Configuration Manager.
  3. In Administration - Asset Management - Settings - MS SCCM Connector add one or more connections to Configuration Manager. The connector uses either Administration Service or direct connection to SQL database of Configuration Manager.

Administration Service​

The Administration Service is a component of SCCM that implements a web-based REST API that provides computer data to authorized users over HTTPS.

It can be run either only within the corporate network or also over the Internet. In either case, Collector authenticates with a user name and password, which must exist in SCCM and have permission to read data from the HW and SW inventory.

  • Within the corporate network, kerberos authentication takes place between the Collector and the Administration Service.

  • When connected over the Internet, Collector connects to SCCM through the Cloud Management Gateway service. Therefore, the specified user must also exist in Microsoft Entra ID, where the application that Collector uses to obtain an Access Token to connect to the Administration Service must also be registered.

    warning

    To connect Collector to the Administration Service, you must use an account that is synchronized from your AD to Microsoft Entra ID using Password hash synchronization. Accounts synchronized via Pass-through Authentication or ADFS are not supported.

To install and set up the Administration Service, see How to set up the administration service in Configuration Manager.

Database connection​

Collector uses the connection string and reads the computer data directly from the SCCM database.

You need to ensure that the account under which the Asset Management Collector service runs has the right to read data from the SCCM database. So, for example, the db_datareader role is sufficient.

Importing information from Configuration Manager​

The connector doesn't create new objects in Alvao for new devices in Configuration Manager. It performs HW and SW scans. To use it, plan scans using the MS SCCM scan method.